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A smart card resembles a credit card in size and shape, but inside it is completely different. The inside of a smart card usually contains an embedded microprocessor.

A smart card resembles a credit card in size and shape, but inside it is completely different. First of all, it has an inside -- a normal credit card is a simple piece of plastic. The inside of a smart card usually contains an embedded microprocessor. The microprocessor is under a gold contact pad on one side of the card. Think of the microprocessor as replacing the usual magnetic stripe on a credit card or debit card.

Smart cards are much more popular in Europe than in the United States. In Europe, the health insurance and banking industries use smart cards extensively. Every German citizen has a smart card for health insurance. Even though smart cards have been around in their modern form for at least a decade, they are just starting to take off in the United States.

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Ubuntu 22.04: Firefox unable to load module

Firefox is unable to load module I've been trying to setup a smartcard reading device, and I've gotten stuck twice on the same place. When it comes to configuring the Security Device on Firefox, I can't access the .so file. Firefox merely shows the…
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Disable Smartcard Integration in Hirsute?

Getting smartcards to work right has been difficult and now it's fubar again. I'm currently trying to figure out, exactly what changed with the upgrade to 21.04. So far I've found this: Smart Card Authentication Smart cards are used everywhere,…
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Chrome crashing on 24.04 with SIGTRAP and SIGILL errors

Wondering if anyone has any suggestions for troubleshooting - I'm getting sporadic crashes of chrome on 24.04 LTS with chrome crashed with SIGTRAP in __bss_start() and chrome crashed with SIGILL. I am running the deb version of chrome, as the snap…
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How to setup Belgian eID Ubuntu 14.04

I want to use my Belgian EID to login to government websites online. How do I set this up in Google Chrome and Firefox in Ubuntu 14.04? Thanks!
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Smart Card Reader on Ubuntu 22.04

I'm struggling with this bug, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1972725. Can anyone help with this? Any comment, testing, fix, ... is welcome.
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Smartcard Reader of Dell Latitude E7450 not recognized

Recently I upgraded my "old" Dell Latitude E7440 to a newer E7450. Both include a SmartCard reader. Using Ubuntu 15.04, the reader in the E7440 was recognized and worked perfectly, which is however not the case for the reader in my new notebook. My…
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How to use dell smart card keyboard RT7D60 in Ubuntu

I have Dell external usb keyboard with smart card reader builtin. I want to use it to read my eID. When I plug the keyboard in, I can use the keyboard but not the smartcard reader. How can I use the smart card reader? Thanks
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Omnikey 6121: cannot write to OpenPGP smartcard

I am trying to use an Omnikey 6121 smartcard reader with an OpenPGPv2 smart card. The reader is recognized, as I see from gpg --card-status and I was able to edit some card details like URL, name etc However, when I try to issue a "keytocard"…
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If a card reader + its driver are PC/SC compliant in windows, is it PC/SC compliant in Ubuntu?

I have two basic questions and find no one and nowhere to ask them. finally send them to you. If a card reader+ its driver was PC/SC compliant in windows, is it PC/SC compliant in other OSs too? (for example in Linux, MacOS and ...). Or for each…
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Missing private key from smart card device [gpg, yubikey]

In my work environment, I currently use a smart card yubikey device for signing commits and encryption/decryption tasks. Apparently, some updates caused me some issues so now my computer cannot find the private key from my device. In fact, whenever…
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Virtual Box with smartcard reader device

I'm using HID Omnikey 3121 smartcard reader and I'm trying to use in virtual box windows 7 vm. On ubuntu(16.04) side I installed pcsc drivers and I see using pscs_scan command that device is connected and smart card is inserted. The problem is…
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make error with smart card reader driver install

I purchased a smart card reader, zoweetek 12026-1, for which i will need to install pcsc and ccid drivers. I have successfully install pcsc-lite-1.8.6 but when i tried to install ccid-1.4.5-alcor i got the following error during ./configure. Both…
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Fingerprint reader, Smartcard and SIM module not working on HP Elitebook Folio 9470m with Ubuntu 23.10

Fingerprint Reader, SmartCard and Sim Module aren't working on my HP Elitebook Folio 9470m device. I upgraded to Ubuntu 23.10 as instructed, but the issue still remains. I can't even log in now unless selecting Ubuntu on…
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Global smart card config for Chrome/Chromium

I'm trying to set up smart card browser support for all users of a system on LTS 20.04. I've read quite a few guides, including this one: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CommonAccessCard but most seem to end up with a command similar to…
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Dell Keyboard (KB813) with smart card reader not working

We have multiple Dell Keyboard with smart card readers(Model KB813). We have instructed to install ubuntu and check the compatibility with all available hardware devices. Everything works fine but dell keyboards. Keyboard is working but the inbuilt…
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